“The support of the masses, of course, is associated with a competent social policy, the observance of the fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens.

We spoke in detail about this with the delegation of the Taliban movement just before the opening of the meeting, ”Lavrov said at the beginning of the third meeting of the Moscow format of consultations on Afghanistan.

Also during the meeting, the Russian minister called on the Taliban to prevent the use of the territory of Afghanistan as a springboard for actions against neighboring countries.

* "Taliban" - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003.